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Mumbai ANC Seizes Rs 2 Crore Tramadol Haul, Arrests Three in Andheri

This raid underscores intensifying multi-agency operations leveraging digital intelligence to trace illicit opioid supplies

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Overview

  • Mumbai Police’s Anti Narcotics Cell arrested Pratik Upadhyay, Yogesh Singh and Bhavesh Shah after raiding the Andheri JB Circle based on a tip from its Azad Maidan unit.
  • Officers recovered 1,11,440 tramadol tablets valued at about Rs 2 crore in the international market.
  • Investigators say the suspects distributed the psychotropic substance, referred to by police as the "ISIS drug," through courier networks.
  • Authorities are collaborating with Interpol and other agencies to map the syndicate’s cross-border supply routes.
  • The raid builds on a July 4 Narcotics Control Bureau operation that dismantled a transcontinental tramadol trafficking syndicate